The Beasts in the East, Session 2

2025-05-07T00:00:00-05:00

Current Objectives

+Jekyll2025-05-15T10:34:46-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/feed.xmlVagabond’s TTRPG SiteA collection of my tabletop roleplaying game writings.Bill NiblockThe Beasts in the East, Session 32025-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://ttrpg.theinternetvagabond.com/journals/seventh/beast-east-02Current Objectives +

Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather

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Events

The party, re-gathered in their room in Castle Ganth, are gathered and ready +to pursue their next objectives: asking the Count the questions from Syrup, +and then move north is search of the scouts! +
- Syrup asks us to ask the Count for permission to move and camp closer and +to resupply, to find the missing scouts, and to gather any intel on Fort +Rather. +
  - Some nuance about the camp: Syrup is happy to camp nearby, outside the +city, or even in the city. Camping nearby has the least risk, but also +the least opportunity for aiding the city. Closer, and even within the +city, gives much greater opportunity to help out the city, but also +greater risk of trouble. Camping in town could even let us control the +city, through martial low, if necessary (though this is likely +unwanted).
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We speak with Kaldur’s fetchling in the city, trying to gather information +from Fort Rather. He seems surprised to see us, and welcomes us in. The party +generally doesn’t catch this, except for Stackor. We ask some questions: +
- Who’s in charge? To his knowledge, it’s still Van der Mere
- How many soliders are in the fort? A skeleton crew, as most men were taken +away with Van der Mere to fight a second invasion from the Horde
- How many total soldiers does Van der Mere have? 2000
- He notes there are some loyalists still, among the troops.
- We ask again about any details of the firebombomb and assassination +attempts. He shares that rumors are it was the populists.
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We leave, and head to speak with Captain Ilio. We ask him about any ongoing +troubles, and whom to speak with about camping and resupplying. +
- We move into the guard house to speak in private. We inform Ilio about our +true(r) intentions with Fort Rather, and gain a bit more of his trust with +regards to camping and resupplying. He offers to speak with the Count on +our behalf, and will notify us of his response.
- We ask if there’s anything we can do in the mean time. He mentions looking +into the Count’s assassination attempts would be the greatest help.
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We head to the market. +
- We first ask if there’s an alchemist in town - there is not. We learn that +there are several alchemical items sold by several merchants in town, +supplied by Fort Rather.
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We head back to the fetchling’s house, asking him about an underground/black +market. We inquire specifically about the alchemists’ fire and gunpowder, +which the fetchling is quick to answer it didn’t come through the black +market. His suspicion is that either an alchemist is in charge, or an +alchemist is on the team behind the assassination. We conclude it does not +sound like a populist plot.
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We head to and investigate the Chapel of Abadar. We get the key from Randy. We +detect no indications of wrong-doing.
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We decide to head back to the Fort, for the paladins to heal more of the +wounded. On the way, the fetchling makes himself known to some of us, and +leaves a note behind. It is a bill of sale for a large shipment of alchemical +glassware to the Hawkman estate, from a source in Fort Rather. +
- We continue to the keep. The captain meets us at the moat, and presents to +us papers permitting us to camp and quarter at the Hawkman estate. The +documents give explicit permissions to quarter in basically all the +buildings.
- The paladins get to their healing; Stackor teleports back to Syrup and +updates him. Smokey tells people to stand aside. +
  - Stackor provides full updates on all goings on, including details +about the fetchling (and his potential memory problems), the +potentially forged bill-of-sale, and the information we gathered about +Fort Rather.
  - Syrup takes the bill of sale, and will follow-up on it
  - Syrup doesn’t trust the fetchling
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Stackor teleports back to the party, and updates us on his meeting. Our next +objective is moving north, after the missing scouts. We finish up and head +north.
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Leaving out the eastern wall, we come across the fetchling again. We talk +about things. +
- The fetchling mentions to Stackor that runic magic can be twisted. This is +apparently directly related to the resurrection of Cayden Calien, +happening tomorrow.
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Next week, we witness the return of a god! Hopefully…

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Player Characters

Sir Beet, a human paladin of Iomedae (Thans)
Sir Tern Ipswitch, a human paladin of Ragathiel (Bill)
Jen Erica von Illamage, a human wizard (Mike)
Burren “Smokey” Blunt, aka Bat-Man, but in the bat language, so like a bunch of “eee eee” and stuff (Dan)
Stackor, a dwarven wizard (James)

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Locations

Ganth

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NPCs and Notable Characters

Colonel Syrup, commander of the Altasian forces
Ignatious “Geo” Joe, an oread shaman
Brother Gabro, an oread monk
Randy Magogum, a fine man, worshipper of Abadar
Captain Ilio, captain of the guard of Ganth
A (or many) fetchling(s) in service to Kaldur Black, named “Thalactos” by Sir +Beet

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Other Notes

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The fetchling offered to help Stackor be in two places at once. It would make +sense if the fetchling was also doing this, and would explain why they +didn’t remember things.

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Upcoming Events

The Beasts in the East, Session 2

2025-05-07T00:00:00-05:00

Current Objectives

Proceed to the Far Territories, and reclaim Fort Rather

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Other Notes

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Upcoming Events

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2025-04-28T00:00:00-05:00

Current Objectives

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Upcoming Events

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